S S Catalina rests at ship graveyard
The SS Catalina known as the Big White Steamer was towed to a ship graveyard after operators cited incurable maritime maladies. Charlie Stillwell, president of MGRS Company, said union manning rules doomed continued operation and plans scrap salvage with estimated value around $38,000. He noted losses and protested crew requirements as economically unsustainable. Catalina service is being discontinued with Catalina Motor Cruises expanding weekend passenger counts.
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Catalina Island
Charlie Stillwell
Mgrs Company Inc
Avalon
National Metal and Steel Co
Stillwell
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
Marine Firemens Union
U.S. Coast Guard
Catalina
San Pedro
Philippines
Catalina Motor Cruises
Tim Mazur
CMC
MGRS
Catalina Transportation Co
Catalina Motor Cruisers, Inc
Catalina Seaplanes, Inc
Stillwell Corporation
Johnson warns budget cuts raise despair for poor
President Johnson warned that a budget reduction in the pending tax bill could sow despair and frustration among the poor nationwide. He did not threaten a veto, but said a $4 billion cut is the safe maximum, even as efforts to loosen spending restraints continue in Washington.
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Hot Springs
Johnson
Congress
Washington
Senate House
Business Council
Secret Senate Probe Targets Viet AID Graft
A 75 page secret Senate report by Sen. Abraham Ribicoff cites definite indications of kickbacks in a U.S. construction project in South Vietnam and calls for a broad congressional investigation of U.S. operations there. It urges examining contracts held by Pacific Architects & Engineers Inc. and the RMK-BRJ joint venture.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
South Vietnam
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Southeast Asia
Ribicoff
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Associated Press
Agency For International Development Mission
Saigon
Vietnam
General Accounting Office
Pacific Architects & Engineers Inc
Los Angeles
Rmk-Brj
Raymond International of
Delaware, Inc
Morris-Knudsen of Asia Inc
Brown & Root Inc
J. A. Jones Construction Co
PUC Orders Steamer to Run or Risk Scrapping
The Public Utilities Commission warns Catalina Steamship operations that Charles Stillwell must notify and continue service for the SS Catalina or face contempt. If not, hearings loom, fines up to 2000 dollars per day may be imposed, and dock facilities in Los Angeles and Avalon face costly modifications.
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Public Utilities Commission
Los Angeles
Stillwell
San Pedro
Catalina
Patterson
Commission
San Pedro New
PUC
San Francisco Machinists Strike Edges Toward Deadlock
San Francisco UPI reports 6000 machinists' strike in the Bay Area remained deadlocked after union negotiators rejected a final offer. W. J. Ray, head of the California Metal Trades Association, said employers offered a proposal better than the prior Ampex walkout in Redwood City.
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San Francisco
UPI
W. J. Ray
California Metal Trades Association
Ampex Corp
Redwood City
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